Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: reject, retreat, recede, withdraw, repel, repulse

Kunyomi: しりぞ.ける

Onyomi: セキ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: axe

Examples

Onyomi Examples

セキリョク repulsion, repulsive force

外国人排 ガイコクジンハイセキ xenophobia, exclusion (of foreigners)

ジョセキ exclusion

Kunyomi Examples

退ける しりぞける to refuse, to reject, to turn down, to dismiss, to repel, to repulse, to drive away, to beat off, to defeat, to make (someone) leave, to send away, to turn away, to force (someone) to leave their post, to oust, to remove, to expel